and that means something compared to the situation a few years ago. >> let's discuss with the president of the council of foreign relations and the author of "a world in disarray." thank you for taking the time this morning. so you heard him make the case defending the west response so far. military support for ukraine, diplomatic support, at least we have held russia back from further gains since annexing crimea, invading eastern ukraine. but you have russia now here attempting another grab to control these waters. isn't that a sign that the policy is failing? >> well, it's also a sign that the geography favors russia. they have more naval and ground forces and proximity on their side. so what the secretary general is saying, we don't like it, we're not well positioned to offset it, and obviously if push came